Florida for those sensitive to mold
I am pretty sensitive (allergic) to mold. Over the years, I've stayed in two usually empty in-law apartments in the Keys, and a closed-all-summer park model in Winter Haven. All of them had the mold...
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As a "half-timer", someone who stays in a warm place in an RV Oct 15 to Apr 15, then stores the RV at that campground for the summer months I can verify that mold can be a problem. For the first three winters in the Rio Grande Valley this was a minor challenge that was mostly handled by leaving out a couple open bags of charcoal and a couple gallons worth of DampRid. One summer overwhelmed these measures with a lot of rare rain and we had to wash down everything with Clorox cleaner.
Moved our RV to FL for a change of scenery and settled on the SW coast. This is our 6th winter. Here the summer efforts at humidity control rarely were enough to keep the 5th wheeler clear of mold. Lots of rain here, but it makes it green and that's why we moved here.
Thinking about ways to "do better next time".
The obvious solution in my mind would be to have a dehumidifier big enough to handle our size set to turn on at 50% humidity and drain into the kitchen sink. But that requires 110V and that means paying X amount to leave it on the lot and use the campground's electricity for six months of summer.
Can't justify that extra cost so in the meantime I'm trying to dream up some solar solution that will work when the unit is parked in the electricityless storage lot.
Moved our RV to FL for a change of scenery and settled on the SW coast. This is our 6th winter. Here the summer efforts at humidity control rarely were enough to keep the 5th wheeler clear of mold. Lots of rain here, but it makes it green and that's why we moved here.
Thinking about ways to "do better next time".
The obvious solution in my mind would be to have a dehumidifier big enough to handle our size set to turn on at 50% humidity and drain into the kitchen sink. But that requires 110V and that means paying X amount to leave it on the lot and use the campground's electricity for six months of summer.
Can't justify that extra cost so in the meantime I'm trying to dream up some solar solution that will work when the unit is parked in the electricityless storage lot.
